6th District Republicans: Wendell Walker piles up endorsements prior to Saturday’s convention

By Lynn R. Mitchell

Incumbent 6th Congressional District chairman Wendell Walker has a stack of endorsements heading into Saturday’s convention with some notable names within the Republican Party including current and former leadership:

 

Senator Mark Obenshain
Senator Steve Newman
Delegate Kathy Byron
National Committeeman Morton Blackwell

Trixie Averill, former Western Vice Chairwoman and former 6th Congressional District Chairman
Lynn R. Mitchell, former State Central Committee member

Roger Jarrell II, Rockbridge/Lexington/Buena Vista Chairman
Jeff Stritesky, Botetourt County Chairman
Zachary Martin, Lynchburg City Chairman
Charlotte Homer, Page County Chairwoman
Donna Moser, Rockingham County Chairwoman (Former Harrisonburg Tea Party Chairwoman)
Stephen Kurtz, Warren County Chairman
Ken Adams, Waynesboro City Chairman
Chaz Evans-Haywood, 6th District Vice Chair (Harrisonburg City)
Sandy Gates, 6th District Secretary (Botetourt County)
Georgia Alvis-Long, State Central Committee Member (Augusta County)
Mickey Mixon, State Central Committee Member (Roanoke County)
Don Huffman, State Central Committee Member-Western-Vice Chairman (Former Chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia)
Cathy Gause, Southern Region Vice Chair (Botetourt County)
Matthew Homer, Northern Region Vice Chair (Page County)
John Scott, Young Republicans Federation Chairman (Bedford County)
Eric Bagwell, Young Republican Federation District Representative (Harrisonburg City)
Sarah Kimball, College Republican Federation District Representative

Walker’s opponent is former House speaker Vance Wilkins who has garnered Libertarian and tea party support in his quest to become chairman of the 6th Congressional District.

The convention will be held Satuday, April 26, from 10-12:00 at Lord Botetourt High School in Daleville.